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type     weight in lbs
artichoke 8
beet 51.5875
broccoli 35
Brussels sprout 18.1875
cabbage    124
cantaloupe 63.5
carrot    18.8125
cauliflower 54.25
celery    63.3
cucumber 27.1875
eggplant 7.324
garlic    2.625
kohlrabi 43.7
leek pot 17.8125
lettuce    25
marrow    135
onion    15.96875
parsnip 8.375
potato    7.8125
pumpkin    1385
radish    68.5625
Rhubarb    5.875
rutabaga 75.75
squash    962
sugar beet 45.5
sweet potato 49.5625
tomato    7.75
turnip    51
watermelon 262
zucchini 64.5
    

8/16/2004 1:53:42 PM

Atlanta, Georgia

Thanks for posting this Matfox!
Where did you get the info from?
That would be one helluva radish if you ask me...
Michel

8/16/2004 2:48:09 PM

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Mat is THE guru of various fruit records!

How about Long Gourds?

8/16/2004 3:08:04 PM

Utah

nice list ... but why does "onion" need 5 decimal places while "artichioke" and other don't have any ?

8/16/2004 3:28:17 PM

South Hill, Virginia

Where did that squash record come from? If you go by GPC standards then it's 1367.5. If you want real green ones I think it's 990.

8/16/2004 3:58:56 PM

Md/ Usa

guinness book 1977-2005 and newspaper articles.
the squash record 963 is the one listed in guiness book the the 1367.5 and 990 did not meet the guinness reporting requirements i guess.
the long gourd record 110 5/8 in by ray waterman

8/16/2004 4:35:51 PM

Md/ Usa

g1t reason for the decimals is because oz's and fraction of oz's have been converted from faction to decimal.

8/16/2004 4:39:34 PM

Deer Park, WI

Mat...can you dig up one more for me??? How about a field pumpkin??? All i can find are records for AG's. Thanks!

8/17/2004 9:03:14 AM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Joe do you have a nice field pumpkin going? I have an 86 Wells that is huge... Plus a field of Welty's large field pumpkin offspring.

8/17/2004 9:39:17 AM

Md/ Usa

that is because most people don't keep track field pumpkins.There you need check weighoff results from the weighoff webpages to find out. I don't have time look.
here altoona bigest.

Field Pumpkin - 2001 - Greg Carrico - 53.5 altoona

8/17/2004 10:31:56 AM

Southern WI

Now see, if I knew that field pumpkins had to go to the weighoff, I'd have shown up in 2002. Weighed mine at the trucking company 92.-- lbs, darn !!

8/17/2004 10:45:30 AM

Deer Park, WI

Shannon- ya, i got a couple of beauts on the 84 welty...they are taping 64" circ right now (~86lbs). I'll be bringing my largest to nekoosa to weigh, just for fun. WHo knows, it may be heavier than my AGs.

8/18/2004 10:35:54 AM

Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

What about bell peppers? Any records for those?

8/19/2004 5:26:16 PM

Indiana

I have heard of 105 Giffen coming out of Ohio, and I think either a 113 or 118. Welty might know, or some other grower in Ohio.

Tom

8/19/2004 5:45:24 PM